Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office detectives are investigating a homicide that left a convicted sexual predator dead in Town 'N Country. ...more

December 1, 2009

A single-engine airplane went down Tuesday afternoon at Slough Ditch, between County Road 621 and State Road 70 in the southern part of Highlands County, according to the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. ...more

November 3, 2009

A Sebring teenager was injured Tuesday morning after he ran his 2007 Ford Mustang into the back of a garbage truck. ...more

September 29, 2009

DAYTONA BEACH (AP) — Officials say a man was airlifted to a central Florida hospital for treatment after he was severely burned during a fight over beer, cigarettes and money. ...more

September 27, 2009

Two men are hospitalized after a small plane crashed in a lake in Winter Haven this morning, Winter Haven police said. The plane, a 2005 SeaRey, crashed into Lake Otis at 10:31 a.m. after it suffered what the pilot told police was a catastrophic engine failure. The pilot, John Sugar, 43, of Winter Haven, was taken by ambulance to Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Police did not know the extent of his injuries. The plane's owner, John Curtis, 64, also of Winter Haven, was flown to the same hospital with injuries that police described as serious. ...more

September 17, 2009

The man killed in a one-car wreck Monday night has been identified as John J. Mrozinski, 51, of Dunedin, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

August 25, 2009

Esther Orreno, 87, said she wasn't scared when she fought a pygmy rattlesnake with her cane earlier this week and squeezed it to death with her right hand. ...more

August 14, 2009

A teenager saved his family, their visitors and a dog from a fire that destroyed a Lutz home this morning, officials say. ...more

July 15, 2009

A warehouse fire Sunday night caused damage estimated at $1.5 million, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

July 6, 2009

Investigators say a 15-month-old boy's death Thursday night may have been caused when he choked on sunflower seeds. ...more

July 3, 2009